Author Archives: JSylvor

As promised, I am linking here to your final task of the semester – the End of Semester Reflection and Grade Proposal. Once you have submitted your Final Exam, please take some time to reflect on your work in English … Continue reading →

FINAL EXAM Instructions:  Please compose your response to this final as a Word Document or Google Doc, give the file a name with the format:  Your Name, ENG2850 Final Exam, and share it with me at [email protected] by midnight (11:59 … Continue reading →

Welcome to the Home Stretch of the semester. A few reminders about our course-end schedule: I have started to read and comment on your Final Essays. I hope to finish with them before your Final Exam. Feel free to reach … Continue reading →

Conferences – if you’ve signed up to meet with me on Monday, December 12th, I encourage you to send me whatever material you have created for your final essay in advance of our meeting. This could be an outline, a … Continue reading →

Conferences – Don’t forget your individual conferences. These are mandatory. See weeks #13 and #14 for the link to sign-up. Contact me if you can’t find an available appointment that works for you. Modernism in Visual Art – Your posts … Continue reading →

Please respond to any two of the following questions. Share your responses by Monday, December 5th. If you’d like, you can hear Jamaica Kincaid reading “Girl” HERE. –How would you describe the STYLE of this text? Be specific in illustrating … Continue reading →

Don’t forget that you need to submit your proposed essay topic (in the form of a question you are asking about your two texts) to me via email by Sunday, November 27th. Reminder: Each of you needs to sign up … Continue reading →

There is no in-person class this Wednesday, Nov. 23rd. Instead, we will be meeting via Zoom from 3-4 pm on Monday, Nov. 21st. On this zoom, we will be continuing our conversation about “The Metamorphosis” and discussing your final essay. … Continue reading →

As an extension of our study of Modernism, you will be exploring Modernism in visual art through a visit to one of the NYC museums listed below.  All of these museums are currently requiring that visitors book their visit ahead … Continue reading →

Our reading for this week is Kafka’s The Metamorphosis. You can find the text in Volume F of your Norton Anthology. Please respond to any two of the questions below. You can share your responses as a comment on this … Continue reading →